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HAY PRESS. A No. 505,224. Patented SepLlQ, 1893.

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LEGNlDAS L. MOE, GF'DENVER., CLORADQ.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Let-tera Patent $10,505,224, dated September 19, 1893i Application iiled May 26, 1898. Serial No.47523i (No model. I

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- .Be it known that I, LEONIDAS L. MOE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Denver, Arapahoe county, Coloradofhave 5 invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Hay-Presses, of which the following 1s a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention is an improvement on the press shown in my PatentNo. 416,416, dated December 3, 1889, and it consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combina- 'tions of parts hereinafter more particularly described and thendeiinitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-#Figure l is a plan of a press constructedaccording to my improvement without the sweep and showing some of the parts in different positions. Fig. 2 .is another plan, in still another position, with the sweep in place. Fig. 3 lis a side View partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail of a lever and link. Fig. 5 is an enlarged View of the Vtucking device.

'Referring now tothe details'of the drawings by letter, A represents the base f the press on which is mounted the press ch rnber B having the hopper C, and in which Works the plunger D connected to the head E of the press by the follower stem F.

. ries the sweep I and the rollers J, and 'the latter-act upon the head E to push the follower into the chamber B and charge.. The ends of the arms of the spider are-forked as shown at h so as to receive the rollers in the fork, thus distributing the strain equally on the pin or bolt connecting said The under side of the hub of the spider is extended downward in the form on a sleeve h inclosing the perpendicular part g of the standard, and the spider and standard are secured together by a king-bolt K, and the whole is so arranged that the king-bolt and sleeve strengthen, each other, so thatihere is no likelihood of their breaking, and in fact ii the king-bolt were left oft, the spiderand standard would so cooperate together that the press could beused of the standard broke oi, the king-bolt would Secured to the base A is a cast standard (lV on which isv mounted the spider H which carcompress the without the king-bolt, and it the vertical part in such shape as to be acted on by the fric-V tion-rollers .l in their revolution after leaving the head E, and by their action is pushed outward and downward until the plunger has been drawn backward by the connection between the opposite end of the lever and the head. i At T is shown a tucker which is set slightly in the rear of the retainers R, and is held down by springs S encircling the bolts U, the upper ends of which pass through guides Vas shown and their llower ends are connected to the tucker.

l The sweep l is preferably attached to one' of the arms of the spider and provided with a stay W which runs from said sweep to another of the arms.

it` is evident that the number of rollers .l may be increased or diminished at will, as

desired by the makers er users, and that instead of a spider a disk may be used to carry the rollers. In case a disk is used, the rollers cannot be secured thereto as strongly as in the forked arms of a spider, as the pins on which they turn can only be supported on one side ot' the rolleuwhile by the use of the forked arms said pins orbo'lts are supported on both sides pf the rollers; To enable me to do this, l have found it necessary to out away the under side of arms, as shown by the curved dotted lines in Fig. land in full lines in Fig. 2, as otherwise the head E would come in contact with thc'under side of the arms in rebounding.

The operation is as follows: The hay is-fcd inte the hopperand motion being given t0 .the sweep, one of the rollers comes into contact with the headE and pushes it forward or toward the press chamber, driving the plunger into said chamber, compressing the hay therein and. pushing it past the tucker and retainers, the latter holding it while the former bends downward, as shown in Fig. 5, the ragged ends usually left at the upper cornerot each feed. As soon as the roller leaves the head, it comes in contact with the lever M and by acting on itreturns the plunger as before described. vWhen the next charge of hay is' fed into the hopper, the ragged ends ofthe' hay which have been bent down by the Jzucker are carried downward and held down by the succeeding charge as the above opera-tion is repeated, and thus the bale is'smooth on r11 v sides, whereas where the tueker is not ein-- ployed the top of the baie is usually quite rough. These operations are repeated until the hay in the chamber has reached the required density, when the bale is readyfor tying in the usuel manner.

What I claim as new is l. The combination in a press, of ihe -follower stem F,the heed E projecting from one side thereof, the relier carrier H and the lever M pivoted to the base and in operative connection with the head E, substantially as described.

Mey, 1893 2 The combination ine press, of the heed E, the roller carrier H operating on the heed, the lever M pivoted 'to the base, and the link N connecting the tiaiiy as described` 3. The combination in e press, of the head EL, spider H, having forked arms cut away on one side, and Athe rollers set into said arms, and acting on the head y, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof TL affix. luy/signature, in; presence of two witnesses, this 19th dey of LEGNIDAS L. MOE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE T. MOE,

HARRY K. FRIES.

head and lever, substau- 

